A bomb threat forced The Roots set at SXSW in Texas on Saturday to be cancelled. The Austin Police department stated that they have arrested the man responsible for the threat. 26-year-old Trevor Ingram emailed a bomb threat, which led to officials having to cancel the "Bud Light x The Roots & Friends Jam." Bud Light tweeted out stating due to security and safety reasons they had to cancel. The Roots drummer Questlove also tweeted out apologizing for having to cancel the show. Read More

The 16-year-old Allentown teenager that went missing earlier this month with a 45-year-old man has been found safe in Mexico. Amy Yu and Kevin Esterly were located by authorities on Saturday in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Yu is said to be unharmed and in good health. Esterly was placed in custody. The pair disappeared on March 5th. Esterly signed her out of school posing as her stepfather. They eventually took a flight from Dallas to Mexico. Homeland Security Investigations,... Read More

An Amber Alert was issued in Mexico on Thursday for a missing Allentown teenager and the man who signed her out of school earlier this month. Authorities have reason to believe they may have fled to that country. 16-year-old Amy Yu was last seen with 45-year-old Kevin Esterly on March 5th. Esterly had previously signed her out of school 10 times between Nov. 13 and Feb. 9. Yu had added him to her emergency contact list as her 'stepfather.' The pair have allegedly had a secret... Read More

The judge for the Bill Cosby sexual assault retrial has now agreed to let five additional accusers testify. Prosecutors will be able to select five of the eight women who claim their incidents happened between 1982-1996, that includes the one woman who testified in Cosby's first trial. Prosecutros say that the women's testimony is evidence of Cosby's prior bad acts. The jury selection is scheduled to begin on March 29th and the trial is set for April 2nd.

Police have made an arrest in the deadly hit-and-run in Radnor last week. 30-year-old Kevin Gaughan of Paoli turned himself in at the Radnor Township Municipal Building on Thursday morning. It happened on March 6th on the 500 block of Lancaster Ave just after 8 pm. 69-year-old Fred Gitterman was crossing the road when he was struck. The driver slowed down briefly and then sped off westbound. Glitterman was taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Delaware County... Read More

Police in Upper Darby say that a home health care worker, who overdosed on heroin, was saved by the patient she was taking care of. 29-year-old Amber Graziano suffered a heroin overdose on Monday evening in the home of the 73-year-old patient. The patient found Graziano in her home and immediately called 911. Graziano was rushed to the hospital, but after treatment and being released, she went back to the patient's house to confront her. She was reportedly upset at the patient because... Read More

Thousands of area students at high schools across Philadelphia and the surrounding counties left classes this morning to participate in National Walkout Day. Students across the country participated in the demonstration to protest gun violence and call for firearm reforms. This marks the one month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Protests began at 10 a.m. and lasted for at least 17 minutes, one minute for each person who was killed in... Read More

A 5-year-old is in critical condition after he was hit by a car in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. The incident happened at around 4:20 pm on Tuesday on the 7200 block of Revere Street. The child was sent to the hospital in critical condition. Police are continuing an investigation into the incident.

Two men who are reportedly responsible for a string of burglaries around the Philadelphia area were arraigned in Montgomery County District Court on Monday.... Read More

SEPTA's Airport Line was temporarily shut down on Monday after a train in Southwest Philadelphia struck a pedestrian. The incident happened at around 10 am on Monday near 58th Street and Woodland Avenue. Officials say that the pedestrian survived the incident, but was rushed to the hospital. SEPTA had to shut down the Airport Line in both directions as police investigated the incident.

Four people have been hospitalized after a crash occurred on Roosevelt... Read More

Philadelphia Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man in the Somerdale section of Phladelphia. The 22-year-old man was found by a family member, lying near a shed in the backyard of a home on the 500 block of Byberry Road. Officials say that the victim had severe head injures, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Police are continuing an investigation.

Officials at PECO have announced they have fully restored power to the thousands of customers that... Read More

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